Answers for "e: could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock. it is held by process 17208 (apt-get)"

E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the download directory

sudo killall apt-get

Posted by: Guest on June-03-2020

waiting for cache lock, Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend.

sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock
or 
sudo lsof /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
or
sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend

Posted by: Guest on September-07-2021

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